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Wild Card - (2015 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2231253/

Some dude with incredible credentials is somehow floundering around Los Vegas, but an ex of his enlists him for her vengeance and with huge personal consequences for him. Because that’s what women do to men.

Kindof a hollow bubble gum movie. I mean if Jason Statham is your thing then it’s him playing him, only this time he’s less competent or interesting.



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Survivor - (2015 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3247714/
http://survivormovie.com/

A top-of-her-class security agent bumbles around while under suspicion of doing her job.

I mean.. it’s a movie I guess; it’s really not anything.



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Samaritan - (2022 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5500218/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5M7YXZB

Years ago, a city was shaken by two super-brothers having a super-spat, but their legend lives on in a gang whose leader wants to continue the fight.

It’s not particularly superhero and doesn’t really establish any sort of franchise. It’s not bad, and it’s not great; it’s just fine. It’s vanilla, and sometimes that’s just what you want.

  • Trailer
  • A single woman gets hurt on-screen and a single woman dies off-screen; equality!



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Wrath of Man - (2021 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11083552/

A man’s dog son is killed, and he plays the long game to find the killers to avenge him.

Kinda plodding, but okay I guess. It’s likeable but a bit flat. Don’t watch it unless you’re into .. I don’t even know what genre this is. I guess unless you’re into Jason Statham.

  • Trailer
  • Only a single woman gets hurt; she dies off-screen.



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10,000 Days - (2014 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3530690

The world was hit by an asteroid and is knocked off it’s orbit, and future survivors become desperate during the new ice age.

Not well acted enough to be serious, and not quite campy enough to be fun. It’s not bad, but it’s not good, especially since it’s basic premise is stupid. Not recommended.



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Easy Diffusion icon

AI Art > Software > Stable Diffusion >

https://github.com/easydiffusion/easydiffusion
https://stable-diffusion-ui.github.io/

A vastly easier-to-use fork of Stable Diffusion.

Fucking amazing.

Unfortunately, I can’t actually get anything decent to render. It comes down to the complexity of the prompts. It doesn’t use the same prompts as Stable Diffusion, so it’s too annoying to copy-paste and even prove that it works to make anything decent at all; fail.



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Amusingly, they do not have a logo.
Amusingly, they do not have a logo.

AI Art > Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/CompVis/stable-diffusion
https://ommer-lab.com/research/latent-diffusion-models/
https://stability.ai/



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Star-Wars-Episode-I.I-The-Phantom-Edit-2000-DVD-box.png

Entertainment > Movies >
Star Wars > Star Wars – Episode I – The Phantom Menace – (1999 movie) >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/
https://starwarsfans.fandom.com/wiki/The_Phantom_Edit
(website, archive)

The Trade Federation blockades a peaceful planet, and decisive action is required to bring political and military strength to bear.

An astonishing improvement on the original. Even though it’s lower visual quality than it’s original can be, it’s worth a watch. Very highly recommended especially to fans of the original trilogy who were disappointed by this new trilogy.



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